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O-LevelComputer ScienceHardware2210/11 · May/June 2017 · Q86 Marks

Complete the paragraph by choosing six correct terms from the list. • Optical • On-line • RAM • HDD • Primary • SSD • Secondary • ROM • Off-line A computer has two different types of memory. ........................................ memory is not directly accessed by the CPU, but it allows a user to store data that can easily be accessed by applications. Two examples of this type of memory are ........................................ and .......................................... The second type of memory is ........................................ memory. This memory is directly accessed by the CPU. It allows the processor to access data and instructions that are stored in this memory. Two examples of this memory are ........................................ and ..........................................

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2017). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [6] ∞ Secondary ∞ HDD/SSD ∞ SSD/HDD ∞ Primary ∞ ROM/RAM ∞ RAM/ROM

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Topic
Hardware, O-Level Computer Science (syllabus 2210). Structured question, 6 marks.
Source
O-Level Computer Science, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 8.

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